I recently got a Ford E250 that's been partially converted. I need help with storage suggestions.

[WendyWitch]

I was living in my Honda odyseyy when I was illegally evicted suddenly last year. Then I was hit by a kid and the insurance only covered enough to buy a 2007 partial converted van. It has a seating that pulls out to a full size bed and a counter with a small sink using 2 water jugs for clean and Grey water. It has large solar panels that run all the electricity I need. But the interior is wood and tapers down near the top and bottom so I've only got about 24" by 48"inches of flat wall space. I'm considering trimming the bed because I'm 4'11" and don't need that big a bed. That would give me about 15"x 24" near the back which seems like the best place for the camping toilet. I'm thinking hanging storage that I can transfer to a tension rod when I'm driving so they will sway instead of just tossing my stuff out. Anyone try this or have any better suggestions?

 

[INTJohn]

Some pictures would be helpful to inspire modification imagination………

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[bullfrog !]

Welcome! Pictures are always helpful. Being less than 5’ are you able to sleep across the van comfortably? What size sleeping platform works for you? I have always used lightweight totes the black ones with yellow tops for storage and as a base for a piece of 3/8” plywood that sets exactly on top of them. There are different sizes of totes but generally they are 30” x 20” or smaller. So you could possibly set 3 together and have a 30” x 60” platform. It is possible to slide out one tote at a time to access their contents. Plastic milk crates should easy to cut or melt to fit a curved surface but I mounted two parallel rails which allow the bottom of the crates to sit on pins in the rail and a latch to secure them through the handle opening at the top rail so they are easily removable to get contents out. Not real pretty but functional. I usually stuff clothes or lighter weight items in the top row and can goods or heavy items in the crates on the bottom.

 

[Lorelei072]

I was living in my Honda odyseyy when I was illegally evicted suddenly last year. Then I was hit by a kid and the insurance only covered enough to buy a 2007 partial converted van. It has a seating that pulls out to a full size bed and a counter with a small sink using 2 water jugs for clean and Grey water. It has large solar panels that run all the electricity I need. But the interior is wood and tapers down near the top and bottom so I've only got about 24" by 48"inches of flat wall space. I'm considering trimming the bed because I'm 4'11" and don't need that big a bed. That would give me about 15"x 24" near the back which seems like the best place for the camping toilet. I'm thinking hanging storage that I can transfer to a tension rod when I'm driving so they will sway instead of just tossing my stuff out. Anyone try this or have any better suggestions?

I had a closet hanging shoe rack for a while. Is that what you mean? Pictures are worth 1000 words as the proverb goes.


Anyway the shoe rack did alright for a while except for shoes falling out of it. I decided to build a door-mount shoe rack.